List of the best Jeff Donnell movies: The Phantom Thief(1946), The Power of the Whistler(1945), Outcasts of the Trail(1949), Night Editor(1946), Stagecoach Kid(1949), A Night to Remember(1942), Force of Impulse(1961), The Guns of Fort Petticoat(1957), The Boogie Man Will Get You(1942), Roughshod(1949), There's Something About a Soldier(1943), In a Lonely Place(1950) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Anne Parks Duncan
Blackie tricks a blackmailer-murderer into a confession. Story involves sinister seances and ghostly apparitions.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1945
66 Minutes
Francie
Richard Dix Janis Carter Jeff Donnell Loren Tindall Tala Birell John Abbott Murray Alper Kenneth MacDonald
A corrupt young man somehow keeps his youthful beauty, but a special painting gradually reveals his inner ugliness to all.
Western
USA
1949
60 Minutes
Vinnie White
Lavinia White and her young brother Chad are shunned by the townspeople of Twin Wells because their father Tom is serving the last part of a long prison sentence for robbing the Rysen ... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1946
65 Minutes
Martha Cochrane
"Night Editor" was based on the already existing radio program in which a newspaper editor would recount the 'inside story' of some bit newspaper story, and later became a television series... See full summary »
Western
USA
1949
60 Minutes
Jessie Arnold
ranger cowboy old man hero young woman rancher thrilling rousing engaging american west ranch prairie stagecoach family home arizona law and order crime romance land grab old west
Crooked ranch foreman Thatcher sends his two henchmen, Parnell and Clint, out to murder his boss, wealthy Peter Arnold who has just arrived to retire on his ranch, bringing in tow his ... See full summary »
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
USA
1942
91 Minutes
Anne Stafford Carstairs
Loretta Young Brian Aherne Sidney Toler Jeff Donnell William Wright Gale Sondergaard Donald MacBride Lee Patrick Don Costello Blanche Yurka Richard Gaines
writer wife landlord housekeeper husband amusing engaging suspenseful apartment new york city greenwich village murder blackmail deception mystery discovery 1940s
A mystery writer and his newlywed wife move into a Greenwich Village apartment and find themselves with a corpse and a half dozen red herrings.
Romance
1961
84 Minutes
Louise Reese
Robert Alda J. Carrol Naish Tony Anthony Jeff Donnell Jody McCrea Brud Talbot Christina Crawford Kathy Barr Teri Hope Paul Daniel
A high school student's father disapproves of her romance with an athlete from the wrong side of the tracks.
Western
1957
82 Minutes
Mary Wheller
Audie Murphy Kathryn Grant Hope Emerson Jeff Donnell Isobel Elsom Jeanette Nolan Sean McClory
cavalryman colonel widow cowboy dowager entertainer dark intense spirited colorado fort texas town mission court women soldiers cheyenne indians massacre outlaws desertion
An Army deserter (Audie Murphy) shows defenseless Texas women how to hold off Indians out to avenge a massacre.
Comedy
USA
1942
66 Minutes
Winnie Slade
Boris Karloff Peter Lorre Max Rosenbloom Larry Parks Jeff Donnell
Fearing life in prison for a fourth offense, convict Duke Berne pulls out of an armored car robbery, planned by his crooked lawyer, but he is framed for the robbery anyway.
Western
USA
1949
88 Minutes
Elaine Wyatt
Robert Sterling Gloria Grahame Claude Jarman Jr. John Ireland Jeff Donnell Myrna Dell Martha Hyer George Cooper Jeff Corey Sara Haden James Bell
cattle rancher younger brother sheriff ex-convict friend dance hall girl engaging melodramatic spirited thrilling california trail ranch mountain american west ranchers siblings escaped criminals ambush murder
Three escaped convicts, planning revenge, search for rancher Clay Phillips who, on the way to Sonora with a few horses, stops to help four saloon girls stranded by the roadside.
Drama
1943
81 Minutes
Jean Burton
Tom Neal Evelyn Keyes Herman Brix John Hubbard Jeff Donnell Frank Sully Lewis Wilson Robert Stanford Jonathan Hale Hugh Beaumont Kane Richmond
cadet secretary soldier tutor sister friend crafty heartwarming brash classroom military academy office wilmington, n.c. love triangle fighting cheating heroism military school military service rivalry
Drama
USA
1950
91 Minutes
Sylvia Nicolai
Humphrey Bogart Gloria Grahame Frank Lovejoy Carl Benton Reid Art Smith Jeff Donnell Martha Stewart Robert Warwick Morris Ankrum William Ching Steven Geray
lover screenwriter dead person detective agent engaging dark gripping hollywood, calif. police station nightclub love unusual behavior murder investigation fall mystery 1940s
A potentially violent screenwriter is a murder suspect until his lovely neighbor clears him. However, she soon starts to have her doubts.
Crime, Drama, Romance
USA
1950
81 Minutes
Gwen
Joseph Cotten Alida Valli Spring Byington Paul Stewart Jack Paar Jeff Donnell John McIntire Howard Petrie Frank Puglia Esther Dale Wilma Francis
petty criminal paraplegic partner casino owner father brooding gripping melodramatic ashton, ohio mysterious past unusual romance scam confrontation consequences discovery love escape 1940s
An ex-hood hopes to start a new life under an assumed name in a small town but his past catches up with him when an old crime-buddy asks him to help with a casino heist.
Comedy
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Molly
June Allyson David Niven Jessie Royce Landis Martha Hyer Eva Gabor Jeff Donnell Robert Keith Jay Robinson Herb Anderson Eric Sinclair Fred Essler
The spoiled daughter of a rich American family hires as butler an Austrian vagrant she finds on a pier, without knowing that he illegally jumped ship.
Biography
USA
1953
101 Minutes
Henrietta Van Dyke
Kathryn Grayson Merv Griffin Walter Abel Joan Weldon Rosemary DeCamp Jeff Donnell Douglas Dick Ann Doran Margaret Field Mabel Albertson Fortunio Bonanova
Biopic of opera star Grace Moore, who was killed in a plane crash in 1947.
Musical, Comedy
1952
103 Minutes
Patty Ware
Mario Lanza Doretta Morrow James Whitmore Dean Miller Paula Corday Jeff Donnell Spring Byington Curtis Cooksey Don Porter Eduard Franz Bobby Van
A famous opera singer (Mario Lanza) falls for his sergeant's (James Whitmore) sister (Doretta Morrow) at boot camp.
Drama
USA
1957
96 Minutes
Sally
Burt Lancaster Tony Curtis Martin Milner Barbara Nichols Susan Harrison Sam Levene Jeff Donnell
writer publicist pretty woman sister guitarist uneasy tense new york city shady dealings romance morality siblings newspapers quest fall 1950s
Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.
Romance
USA
1951
90 Minutes
Alice Raymend
Jane Wyman Van Johnson Howard Keel Barry Sullivan Phyllis Kirk Anne Sargent Jeff Donnell Herbert Heyes Robert Sherwood Don McGuire Barbara Billingsley
bartender ad executive pilot stewardess love interest young woman lighthearted playful airy amusing airplane airport house bar office dating career love relationships romantic dilemma
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman, all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1961
102 Minutes
Monty Stewart
James Darren Deborah Walley Michael Callan Carl Reiner Peggy Cass Eddie Foy Jr. Jeff Donnell Vicki Trickett Joby Baker Don Edmonds
teenager teen girl surfer father mother dancer amusing lighthearted spirited hawaii surfing romance vacation growing up love rivalry 1960s
Francine (Gidget) is desperate: her parents want to force her to come with them on vacation to Hawaii - just during the two weeks when her beloved "Moondoggie" is home from College. When he... See full summary »
Drama
USA
1949
77 Minutes
Penny McCarr
Victor Mature Lucille Ball Lizabeth Scott Sonny Tufts Lloyd Nolan Paul Stewart Jack Paar Jeff Donnell Art Baker Gordon Jones Don Beddoe
Pete Wilson is on top. He is the highest paid professional football player in the league. He has seen other players come and go, but he was MVP last year and the future looks rosy. His wife... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
109 Minutes
CPO Giff
Esther Williams Joan Evans Vivian Blaine Barry Sullivan Keefe Brasselle Dean Miller Margalo Gillmore Jeff Donnell Thurston Hall Russell `Bubba' Tongay Kathy Tongay
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
Action
1977
94 Minutes
Aunt May Parker
Nicholas Hammond Lisa Eilbacher Michael Pataki David White Thayer David Ivor Francis Bob Hastings Len Lesser Norman Rice Jeff Donnell Carmelita Pope
The bite of a radioactive spider turns a graduate student (Nicholas Hammond) into a wall-climbing superhero.
Comedy
USA
1942
96 Minutes
Rosalind Russell Brian Aherne Janet Blair George Tobias Allyn Joslyn Elizabeth Patterson Grant Mitchell Richard Quine June Havoc Donald MacBride Gordon Jones
sister actress writer reporter editor quirky amusing new york city ohio greenwich village theater ambition sister relationship struggle city life rivalry underdog transformation 1940s
Two sisters move from Ohio to New York with hopes of stardom.